EAO
Bleacher Report
Sponsored by Pizza Patron
written by Ryan Hicks
Sports in East Austin is reaching that zone
that every sports fan hates – The End of NBA basketball is almost here.
Waiting for football is usually the Buzz that I hear when I’m in the local
sports bars or the barbershop talking sports.
I came up with some options to beat the month of June – Why wait for a
Sports season we you can stir up the pot.
Option One
The Past – Why do kids in East Austin are not playing other sports besides
Football basketball and maybe track. Is baseball dead in East Austin ?
The number one ranked College baseball plays their games in East Austin
!!! I see baseball fields – but I’m not seeing kids running around and
Astro Uniforms – what happened?
email me some ideas I might send you a free pizza
Option Two
East Austin Population has grown – But our High School teams are not
getting out of the starting gate ( winning ) Is the problem the kids lack
of skill or the coaches are just passing thru the East Side – easy gig no
pressure to win - I remember that in the 60’s from Old Anderson to The
Real Reagan - winning was the only option!! What happened?
Option Three
Is playing a sport on a video the same as playing the sport live – no
comment from me I’m old school
Austin Sports-Related Fun Spots
and Organizations:
Austin Floorball, every Tuesday 7pm - 9pm
at St. John Community Center, first time free, after that $4
Austin Ravens Youth Sports, Inc P.O. Box 140904, Austin, Tx 78714 Youth Flag and tackle football, Cheerleading Phone: 512-289-5314
Cantu-Pan Am Recreation Center 2100 East 3rd Street, Austin, TX 78702 Phone: 5124769193
Central Tennis Association Non-profit tennis organization providing FREE and reduced lessons to juniors,
adults, and seniors in East Austin and surrounding communities. Social services,
educational scholarships, and community outreach programs also available. Phone: 512-280-5800 www.cttatennis.org
Titans Academic & Athletic Program PO Box 1624, Pflugerville, TX 78660 Phone: 512-799-7043
East Austin
Parks:
Fiesta Gardens
2100 Jesse E. Segovia St.
Fiesta Gardens features a large open-plan room of approximately 4000 square
feet, with a generous outdoor patio, fountain, and accommodating bandstand all
overlooking the quiet lagoon of Lady Bird Lake.
On the North Shore of Lady
Bird Lake: Holly Beach
A small 2.5-acre park between Longhorn Dam and Metz Park.
Fiesta Gardens
Popular for Hispanic celebrations, this sixty-acre park also has displays of
exotic flora and a lagoon. Fiesta Gardens also has a boat launch and lots of
open grassy space.
Congress Avenue Bridge
Built in 1910. A relief exhibit at the intersection of Congress Avenue and East
Cesar Chavez (north of the river, in the southwest corner) shows Austin as it
looked in 1889. It is displayed from the perspective as it would have appeared
had you been standing in the same spot in 1889.
On the South Shore of Lady Bird Lake: Longhorn Dam
Has scenic overlooks and picnic areas.
Lake Shores
Thirty-five-acre undeveloped park east of the Kasuba property to Pleasant Valley
Road.
The Lady Bird Lake Hike
and Bike Trail, formerly the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail, creates a
complete circuit around Lady Bird Lake. It is one of the oldest urban Texas hike
and bike paths. www.townlaketrail.org
Sports Stores:
All Star Sportswear Phone:
512-203-5572
Azteca Futbol
5214 Burleson Road Suite #302, Austin
Soccer wear, supplies, team apparel Phone:
(512) 443-5595
East Austin Golf Courses / East Austin Golf
Tournaments
Bluebonnet Hill Golf
Club & Range
9100 Decker Ln, Austin, TX 78724
(512)272-4228, public, 18 hole, 6503 yds, Par 72
Jimmy Clay Course
5400 Jimmy Clay Dr, Austin, TX 78744,
(512)444-0999, public, 36 hole, 6857 yds, Par 72
Morris Williams Golf
Course
4305 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78723,
(512)926-1298, public, 18 hole, 6637 yds, Par 72
Riverside Golf Course
1020 Grove Blvd, Austin, TX 78741,
(512)386-7077, public, 18 hole, 6189 yds, Par 71
Roy Kizer Course
5400 Jimmy Clay Dr, Austin, TX 78744,
(512)444-0999, public, 36 hole, 6749 yds, Par 71
